496 verified fully funded scholarships & phd positions for 2026–2027 are open right now. The soonest deadline is 27 October 2026 — closing-soon entries are flagged in the list. Hosted by TU Delft, Max Planck Society and University of Manchester. Listings are re-verified daily against official sources.
KU Leuven · Belgium
Fully funded 4-year PhD developing advanced robotic catheterization technologies at KU Leuven. Master's with distinction required. Deadline: 30 Oct 2026.
University of Basel · Switzerland
Fully funded PhD at University of Basel on rationally engineered hydrogels to control osteogenesis via mechanoregulation, funded by the Swiss NSF.
Leiden University · Netherlands
Leiden University advertises a PhD candidate position in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', working on case studies in Scotland. The project, funded through the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO Open Competition), takes an ethnographic approach to the emerging seaweed economy: how coastal communities, industries and regulators in Scotland negotiate the cultivation, harvesting and governance of seaweed, and what this reveals about changing relations between marine resources, livelihoods and environmental policy.
Leiden University advertises a PhD candidate position in the research project 'Entangled with Seaweed', working on case studies in South Africa. Within the NWO Open Competition-funded programme, this line of the project studies the South African seaweed sector ethnographically: the people whose livelihoods depend on seaweed harvesting and farming, the regulatory landscape governing marine resource access, and the social and ecological entanglements that shape how the seaweed economy develops.
Technical University of Denmark (DTU) · Denmark
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) advertises a three-year funded PhD position in entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, and labour-market disruption at DTU Entrepreneurship. The research examines how AI technologies reshape entrepreneurial activity and labour markets: which tasks and business models are disrupted, how new venture creation responds, and what the implications are for innovation policy and workforce transition.
Utrecht University · Netherlands
Utrecht University invites applications for a PhD position within the CUE-CAN project on the environmental causes of childhood and early-onset cancer. The project studies how environmental exposures early in life relate to the risk of childhood and early-onset cancers, using large-scale registries, geospatial exposure data and modern epidemiological methods.
This TU Delft PhD investigates whether visible changes in microorganisms can reveal past environmental conditions. The research explores biological alternatives to disposable electronic data loggers. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Amsterdam UMC · Netherlands
Amsterdam UMC is recruiting a PhD candidate for a project on the epidemiology of kidney replacement therapy in Europe. The project studies how dialysis and transplantation are provided, used and experienced across European countries, and what explains differences in access, outcomes and quality of life for patients on kidney replacement therapy.
Earlham Institute · United Kingdom
This Earlham Institute PhD will map gene-expression changes across the Euglena gracilis cell cycle. It examines a protist whose regulation differs substantially from familiar plant and animal systems.
Uppsala University · Sweden
Uppsala University invites applications for a doctoral student position in evolutionary and ecological genetics. The project applies genomic methods to questions in population and evolutionary genetics, studying how genetic variation is shaped by ecological processes and how natural populations adapt to changing environments.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS project investigates whether an exhibition about river pollution can change household behaviours. It builds on the Confluence for Change materials from the ECOMIX project.
Earlham Institute · United Kingdom
Earlham Institute is offering a PhD on using explainable AI to design regulatory DNA in plants. The project asks whether model explanations can reveal sequence rules that withstand biological testing.
King's College London · United Kingdom
Department- and project-specific fully or partially funded PhD studentships are available across all faculties at King's College London.
TU Delft · Netherlands
This PhD explores how small modular nuclear reactors could respond more flexibly to changing electricity demand and renewable generation. The focus is on power-cycle design and thermal storage. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
TU Delft · Netherlands
TU Delft invites applications for a PhD position in foil drone research. The project develops unmanned vehicles that operate both in air and water using hydrofoil dynamics, studying how such dual-domain drones can transition between flying and foil-borne operation efficiently and autonomously.
University of Sheffield · United Kingdom
This Sheffield ECOSOLUTIONS project considers how chemical regulation might remain effective across changing social, economic and environmental conditions. It uses futures analysis rather than assuming one predicted outcome.
Wageningen University & Research · Netherlands
This Wageningen PhD investigates genome evolution and chromosome architecture in understudied unicellular eukaryotes. It is hosted by the Laboratory of Microbiology and the Genome Evolution and Diversity in Eukaryotes research group. Applicants can apply without IELTS - selection is based on documents and an English interview, not a test certificate.
Earlham Institute · United Kingdom
This Earlham Institute doctorate investigates how genome sequences determine DNA replication origins. It combines computational prediction with synthetic-biology experiments in yeast.
Uppsala University · Sweden
The Department of Earth Sciences at Uppsala University invites applications for a PhD student position in geophysics. Uppsala operates one of the longest-running geoscience programmes in Europe, and its geophysics activities span solid-Earth geophysics, geophysical imaging of subsurface structure, and studies of crustal processes combining seismic, potential-field and electromagnetic methods with quantitative modelling.
Earlham Institute · United Kingdom
This ARIES project at Earlham Institute investigates how long grassland fungal communities take to recover after disturbance. It combines soil ecology with sequencing and collaboration with Rothamsted Research.
RMIT University · Australia
RMIT University offers 2 fully funded PhD scholarships in Green Computing, focusing on sustainable AI and energy-efficient cloud computing.
Wageningen University & Research · Netherlands
Wageningen University & Research invites applications for a PhD position developing green facades for building insolation and enhanced urban diversity. The project studies how vegetated facade systems affect building heat loads and urban microclimates, and how different plant systems support urban biodiversity, connecting green-infrastructure engineering with ecology.
Heriot-Watt University · United Kingdom
A 4-year fully funded EPSRC CDT focusing on industrial decarbonisation and the green industrial revolution, led by Heriot-Watt University.
University of Birmingham · United Kingdom
This 4-year PhD/EngD project aims to design refractory high-entropy alloys (HEAs) resistant to irradiation damage for advanced modular nuclear reactors (AMRs).